Purvanchal will become lifeline of east UP, says CM Yogi at expressway launch
Addressing the inaugural event of the 341-km expressway, Yogi Adityanath said, “Three years ago, the foundation of the expressway was laid. Despite the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the expressway is ready for inauguration on schedule.”
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the newly opened Purvanchal expressway will give momentum to development in the state.
Addressing the inaugural event of the 341-km expressway, Adityanath said, “Three years ago, the foundation of the expressway was laid. Despite the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the expressway is ready for inauguration on schedule.”
The CM said this is the expressway for the people of Uttar Pradesh and it is not only a medium for transportation, but it would also pave the way for developing the state's eastern region which remained neglected since the country’s Independence.
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“We are laying the foundation of new India. Purvanchal will become the lifeline for development in eastern UP,” he said.
The chief minister said that work is also going on for four more expressways in the state, namely Bundelkhand, Ganga, Gorakhpur and Ballia.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Purvanchal Expressway, constructed at a cost of about ₹22,500 crore.
Modi said, “When I laid the foundation stone of Purvanchal Expressway 3 years ago, I had never thought that I would land here on an aircraft one day.”
“Such a modern expressway has now come up where it was just a piece of land 3-4 years back,” Modi added and urged those who doubted the capability of the Uttar Pradesh government to come to Sultanpur to witness this capability.
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The 341-km expressway starts from Chaudsarai village in Lucknow located on Lucknow-Sultanpur road (NH-731) and ends at Hydaria village located on National Highway 31. It will have 22 flyovers, 7 railway-over-bridges (ROB), 7 major bridges, 114 minor bridges, 6 toll plazas, 45 vehicular-underpasses (VUP), 139 Light VUP, 87 pedestrian underpasses and 525 box culverts.
The expressway is six-lane wide which can be expanded to eight-lane in future.
One of the most important features of the expressway is a 3.2-km airstrip that will enable landing and take-off of Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft in case of any emergency.